Alina membenci hidupnya. Ia menciptakan realitas baru dengan menjelma menjadi seseorang bernama Marni ketika berkenalan dengan laki-laki yang ia temui di bus pada petang pukul setengah lima. Apakah kebohongan itu berhasil menyelamatkannya atau malah menambah kesialan dalam hidupnya? Bagaimana nasib laki-laki yang telanjur jatuh hati pada Marni itu? Apakah Alina mampu menjaga identitas rahasiany…
Darcy Clipper, prodigal daughter, nearly thirty, has returned home to Murbridge, Massachusetts, after her life takes an unwelcome left turn. Murbridge, Darcy is convinced, will welcome her home and provide a safe space in which she can nurse her wounds and harbor grudges, both real and imagined.But Murbridge, like so much else Darcy thought to be fixed and immutable, has changed. And while Darc…
A love letter to Syria and its people, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a speculative novel set amid the Syrian Revolution, burning with the fires of hope, love, and possibility. Perfect for fans of The Book Thief and Salt to the Sea. Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had her parents and her big brother; she still had her home. Sh…
Setelah beberapa waktu berlalu, Geivano kembali bertemu dengan Giya, adik kelasnya semasa SMA yang pernah dikejar-kejarnya tanpa alasan. Pertemuan mereka kembali membangkitkan rasa iseng Geivano, terlebih ketika melihat Giya masih saja seperti dulu, jutek dan tidak terlihat tertarik sedikit pun terhadapnya. Namun berbeda seperti dulu, kali ini justru keisengan Geivano malah membawanya semaki…
apakah hatiku mangkuk dangkal yang pecah— yang alangkah mudah diisi, namun mustahil penuh? apakah mencintai diri sendiri berarti menjadi batu yang dilemparkan ke lautan lepas tanpa dasar?mengapa darah lebih api daripada api? mengapa luka tidak memaafkan pisau—& mata pisau bisa membayangkan dirinya sebagai cermin? mengapa kita mesti memiliki banyak pengetahuan untuk bisa memahami bet…
In Floating in Space, Naela Ali weaves a tapestry of love, identity, and the delicate complexities of human emotion across ten compelling stories. Each narrative invites us to explore the profound experiences that shape our lives, often blending surreal undertones with everyday moments. With lyrical prose that resonates deeply, Naela encourages readers to contemplate the fragile beauty of love …
Every four years, two Reader children are kidnapped and brought to the School for Good and Evil to be trained for a life in a fairy tale. There, Evers and Nevers take courses in Animal Communication and Uglification, among others. The highest ranked students become the heroes and villains of the fairy tales — while the lowest, well, we don’t want to talk about what becomes of them.
Miria terjebak! Gadis itu dicurigai sebagai penyebab kematian Keysia, sahabatnya. Desas-desus tentang kematian yang tidak wajar membuat sekolah gempar! Warga sekolah memojokkan Miria, bahkan guru-gurunya. Perasaan Miria campur aduk, ia sangat kehilangan sahabat yang selama ini memberi warna dalam hidupnya. Bagaimana mungkin ia terlibat dalam kasus itu, jika ingat kejadiannya saja tidak?! …
When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home, long drives to explore the island, and quality time with the man she might one day marry. What she doesn't know is that Nick's family home happens to look like a palace, that she'll ride in more private planes than cars, and that with one of Asia's most eligible bachel…
Shimamura is tired of the bustling city. He takes the train through the snow to the mountains of the west coast of Japan, to meet with a geisha he believes he loves. Beautiful and innocent, Komako is tightly bound by the rules of a rural geisha, and lives a life of servitude and seclusion that is alien to Shimamura, and their love offers no freedom to either of them. Snow Country is both delica…